Who is Waldemar Brzezinski?
Polish born, grown up in West Berlin (Neukölln) and a photographer in Berlin, mainly taking analogue medium format photographs.
Berlin! You are so wonderful!?
I have grown up here and love the charming rudeness of Berliners. Everyone can be who and how they like… no one really cares, except for those in their own bubble.
Saturday Night or Sunday Morning? (Karel Reisz)
At the moment it rather is Sunday morning, which is probably due to my age, I think. For huge a part of my life it was more like Saturday night. In terms of photography, it rather is Sunday morning, too. But then again, I used to be out in Berlin’s nightlife a lot, also taking many pictures.
Romeo or Juliet? (William Shakespeare)
Neither one… I am not a big fan of the story…
Butch Cassidy or The Sundance Kid? (George Roy Hill)
Not familiar.
Opposites attract?
Definitely so in photography. I like it when the location and the model are opposites…
Good pictures of couples take twice as long?
Depends on what you consider to be a good couple picture. The way I take images of my couples I wouldn’t say I can confirm that, they are following my instructions after all… Who concurs is actually always done in five minutes…
I never have taken a picture I’ve intended. They’re always better or worse? (Diane Arbus)
I used to think the same thing, but I got over it somehow… even if it still happens now and again. Overall, I have a feeling about my subject already while photographing and it proves right quite often by now.
More than ninety percent of a successful photo shooting is the right casting?
Absolutely! It’s not an actual casting I do, it’s more like seeing someone I find interesting and then I ask if I may take their picture…
Be your own muse? (E. Russel)
Not that easy for me, it is more that I got inspired by the people I meet…
Your images create fiction out of reality?
Hopefully, it is sometimes like that.
Boys think girls are like books. If the cover doesn’t catch their eye, they won’t even bother to read what’s inside? (Marilyn Monroe)
I am not a fan of statements saying boys are like this and girls are like that, too much of a cliche for my taste 😉
Girls are like the FBI, they already know what you’ve been up to, they just wait for the right time to confront you?
I am not a fan of statements saying boys are like this and girls are like that, too much of a cliche for my taste 😉
Best tune for a perfect road trip?
“Riding High” by Faze-O.
When you start to look like your passport photo you should take a vacation?
As a new father, I feel a vacation is in order, without having to look at my passport picture 
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What is most exciting for you about photography in 2022?
Especially that taking pictures continues to be fun and that there are still artists who inspire me anew…
_Uwe Buschmann (copy editing Silvia Strauch)
